Hacker News with Generative AI: Restaurants

Norwich restaurant charges £100 ($122) for a pineapple pizza (theguardian.com)
A pizzeria is asking its customers to put their dough where their mouth is if they want to eat a Hawaiian – charging £100 for a ham and pineapple-topped pizza.

Food, Restaurants, UK, Pricing, Controversy

10 points by 6LLvveMx2koXfwn 4 days ago | 10 comments

Americans Are Tipping Less Than They Have in Years (wsj.com)
People are tipping less at restaurants than they have in at least six years, driven by fatigue over rising prices and growing prompts for tips at places where gratuities haven’t historically been expected.

Economy, Restaurants, Consumer Behavior

34 points by listenallyall 7 days ago | 89 comments

The Class Politics of Fine Dining (contexts.org)
Some people still have stress dreams about high school exams. I still have stress dreams about working for David Bouley.

Class, Food, Restaurants, Economics

24 points by speckx 15 days ago | 9 comments

FTC Action Against Grubhub for Harming Diners, Workers, and Small Businesses (ftc.gov)

FTC, Lawsuits, Restaurants, Food Delivery, Business

6 points by impish9208 32 days ago | 0 comments

The great tweezer takeover: Is fine dining hijacking the soul of San Francisco? (sfstandard.com)
As more chefs embrace the fuss and foam, the city's sweet spot — the midlevel restaurant — is at risk of becoming extinct.

Food, San Francisco, Restaurants, Culinary Trends

5 points by Stratoscope 39 days ago | 0 comments

When the Check Came for Outdoor Dining (slate.com)
Four years ago, as pundits and politicians predicted the end of the city, an unlikely symbol of resilience emerged: a hastily built wooden platform, in the curb lane outside a restaurant, where people could eat and drink without fear of infection.

Restaurants, Pandemic, Urban Planning

9 points by rntn 75 days ago | 1 comments

California passes law allowing Dutch-style cannabis cafes (medicalxpress.com)
Starting next year, diners in the western US state of California can smoke cannabis at certain restaurants, thanks to a new law allowing for "cannabis cafes" akin to those popularized in the Netherlands.

Cannabis, California Law, Legalization, Restaurants

24 points by PaulHoule 93 days ago | 10 comments

Kitchen staff were canaries in the coal mine (2022) (economistwritingeveryday.com)
I’ve long been a lurker on r/kitchenconfidential. I did a few brief tours in the service industry when I was younger and my partner used to manage a successful upscale restaurant. If you’ve spent anytime in a restaurant after closing in the last ten years, then you probably aren’t surprised by the continuing labor shortage in the service industry.

Labor Shortages, Service Industry, Restaurants

65 points by toomuchtodo 112 days ago | 69 comments

When You Call a Restaurant, You Might Be Chatting with an AI Host (wired.com)
A pleasant female voice greets me over the phone. “Hi, I’m an assistant named Jasmine for Bodega,” the voice says. “How can I help?”

Artificial Intelligence, Restaurants, Customer Service

14 points by rntn 118 days ago | 23 comments

David Chang on the long, hard, stupid way (herbertlui.net)
I recently came across a great quote from David Chang, “Just because we’re a casual restaurant, doesn’t mean we don’t hold ourselves to fine dining standards. We try to do things the right way. That usually means doing things the long, hard, stupid way.”

Food, Restaurants, Business, Interviews

263 points by herbertl 129 days ago | 169 comments

How Landlocked Reno became a destination for all-you-can-eat sushi (sfgate.com)

Food, Restaurants, Reno, Nevada, Travel

17 points by geocrasher 133 days ago | 5 comments

When I'm Dining Out, Should I Have to Deal with Your Dogs? (nytimes.com)

Dining, Etiquette, Pets, Restaurants

11 points by lxm 137 days ago | 8 comments

More people than ever are eating alone at restaurants (cnn.com)

Dining, Restaurants, Social Trends

22 points by rntn 139 days ago | 14 comments

A dishwasher can make or break a restaurant (2017) (washingtonpost.com)